http://www.smh.com.au/breaking/9909/09/A58460-1999Sep9.shtml Director of Caritas East Timor reportedly killed Source: AAP | Published: Thursday September 9 1:37:53 PM Rampaging militia had killed the East Timorese head of the Catholic aid agency Caritas, the organisation said today. The Reverend Father Francisco Barreto is believed to be one of several East Timorese clergy killed by the anti-independence militia, Caritas Australia chairman Bishop Hilton Deakin said in a statement. "The information we have received suggests that other local Caritas East Timor staff members may have also been killed," Bishop Deakin said. ----------------------------------------------------------- http://www.smh.com.au/breaking/9909/09/A58589-1999Sep9.shtml Indon rejects Aust offer to guard UN compound Source: AAP | Published: Thursday September 9 3:18:57 PM AUCKLAND: Indonesia has rejected an Australian offer to allow armed soldiers to guard the United Nations compound in Dili. Foreign Minister Alexander Downer announced the rejection as he conceded Indonesia was unlikely to approve a peacekeeping force for East Timor before October. Mr Downer said Australia had suggested putting more security around the UNAMET compound, where thousands of terrified East Timorese have sought refuge since pro-Indonesian militias began murderous rampages following the successful independence ballot last week, to Indonesia. 'We proposed that there be some armed soldiers go in and assist the security just of the UNAMET operation but the Indonesians have rejected that,' Mr Downer told reporters today. 'They haven't wanted any armed soldiers from foreign countries on Indonesian soil,' he said. ----------------------------------------------------------- http://www.abc.net.au/news/newslink/nat/newsnat-9sep1999-86.htm Pleas for Aust to be safe haven for E Timor The Northern Territory's Ethnic Communities Council wants Australia to provide a safe haven for the people of East Timor. The council's Nina Lemos has lost contact with her family members who fled Dili earlier this week. Ms Lemos says Australia has an obligation to give the people of East Timor the same support ethnic Albanians received during the Kosovo crisis. "I think it's just really bad and we don't know what to do anymore. "Hurry up please, people are dying you know and there is nothing we can do and there is nothing that the Australian people can do except apply pressure [to the Government]," Ms Lemos said. -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
